Santa Clarita, CA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)
Key Facts
- Fireworks allowed
- None, including "safe and sane"
- First-offense fine
- $500 administrative citation
- Subsequent-offense fine
- $1,000
- Property owner liability
- Strict liability, regardless of intent
- Confiscation by
- LA County Sheriff, LA County Fire Dept.
- Adopted
- Ordinance 08-9 (8/26/2008)
Summary
Santa Clarita bans all fireworks, including the state-classified "safe and sane" kind that some California cities allow. Section 9.60.030 outlaws possessing, selling, or discharging any fireworks citywide, and Section 9.60.050 sets a $500 administrative fine for a first offense and $1,000 for later ones.
§ 9.60.030. Fireworks Within City limits. A. Except as otherwise provided, it is unlawful for any person to handle, give away, sell, offer for sale, solicit the sale of, manufacture, possess, purchase, use, ignite, explode, fire, or otherwise discharge any fireworks within the City of Santa Clarita or to aid or abet any of the above with respect to fireworks as defined. ... § 9.60.050. Penalties. A. ... however, the fine for any administrative citation shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a first offense and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any subsequent offenses that occur on or before the anniversary of the first offense.
Full Breakdown
030(A) makes it unlawful to "handle, give away, sell, offer for sale, solicit the sale of, manufacture, possess, purchase, use, ignite, explode, fire, or otherwise discharge any fireworks" within city limits, or to aid or abet any of that conduct. 020(B) defines "fireworks" to include devices the State Fire Marshal classifies as both "dangerous fireworks" and "safe and sane fireworks" under Health and Safety Code Sections 12505 and 12529, so the ordinance reaches the state-legal consumer fireworks that some other California cities permit, not just illegal aerial devices.
040 carves out narrow exceptions for city-sponsored pyrotechnic displays, permitted public displays and film/TV production work supervised by a state-licensed pyrotechnic operator with an LA County Fire Department permit, railroad and law-enforcement flares, and blank cartridges used in theatrical, athletic or military settings. Violations are declared a nuisance and can be prosecuted as an infraction, misdemeanor, or civil nuisance, or handled by administrative citation. 060 routes collected fines to the General Fund to cover enforcement costs.
Violations & Fines
Section 9.60.050(A) sets the administrative citation fine at $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for any subsequent offense occurring on or before the first offense's anniversary, on top of possible infraction, misdemeanor, or civil nuisance prosecution. Fireworks found in the city are subject to confiscation and destruction by the LA County Sheriff's Department and LA County Fire Department under subsection (B).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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